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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

1100 AM CST THU MAR 1 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN TWO

THIRDS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND ALL OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA THROUGH

THE AFTERNOON...



A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE

DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS...MOVING INTO THE WATCH AREA AS

THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE

CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL...NEARING ONE AND

ONE HALF INCHES PER HOUR...ACROSS ALREADY SATURATED SOILS. THIS

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING IN LOW LYING

AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...ESPECIALLY ALONG RIVERS AND AREA

RESERVOIRS...WHERE HIGH WATER CONDITIONS CONTINUE PLAGUING MUCH

OF THE REGION.



WHILE THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS CURRENTLY LOCATED IN...AND

AROUND THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR THIS MORNING...LOOK FOR THIS

AXIS TO SHIFT FURTHER SOUTH...TOWARDS THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS...

ENCOMPASSING MORE OF THE LOWER TOLEDO BEND AND SAM RAYBURN

COUNTRY OF EAST TEXAS...AND WESTERN LOUISIANA.



RESIDENTS IN AND NEAR FLOOD PRONE...LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE

AREAS...RIVERS...CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND BAYOUS...SHOULD BE ALERT

FOR RISING WATERS WITH THE ONSET OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS.

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